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Cromartie Joins the Party

With Revis Hurt and the Dolphins on Tap, the Jets Turn to Their Original Plan B

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Scott Cacciola

Updated Sept. 25, 2010 12:01 a.m. ET

FLORHAM PARK, N.J.—It already had been a turbulent week for the Jets by the time Rex Ryan took the podium for Thursday's press conference, and the concerns stemming from wide receiver Braylon Edwards's arrest on charges of drunken driving continued to hang over the practice facility like smog. Mr. Ryan, the team's usually effervescent head coach, looked tired, borderline cheerless.

He greeted the reporters with a slight smile, then made a preemptive strike by announcing that he had some good news: Cornerback Antonio Cromartie...